Following years of American employers exporting jobs overseas,
the Bush administration announced today that all 50 of the
United States will be auctioned and shippped abroad under
a new international trade policy.

"This new program will benefit the American consumer by providing
cheaper goods and services while adding value for corporate
shareholders," said Gregory Mankiw, the president's chairman
of the Council of Economic Advisers.

Under the policy, each state will be up for auction to corporations.
The highest-bidding corporations will then move these states
and their citizens to countries they believe are more economically-efficient
to do business in.

The residents will work under the labor laws of their host
countries while retaining American citizenship. Financial
analysts speculate manufacturing states like Ohio, Pennsylvania
and Michigan will move to China or Taiwan, while tech-heavy
states such as California and Texas will go to India.

Middle and upper managers will be moved to any of a number
of small islands with no corporate tax laws. When all 50 states
are gone the resultant gap will be filled by Mexico.

In a speech from the White House lawn, President Bush stated,
"Business owners seek friendly environments for their companies,
free of restrictive environmental regulation and overbearing
worker's rights laws. Citizens are angry to see their jobs
being moved to foreign nations. Illegal immigrants are flooding
our borders looking for freedom. Exporting our states and
filling this space with Mexico should be a satisfactory resolution
for everyone. This is a day of celebration."

He added that the plan also benefits the war on terror, since
"evil-doers will no longer have a concentrated target."

When asked how Americans are supposed to buy the products
they produce when they may earn only a dollar an hour in their
new work locales, the President abruptly called an end to
the press conference.

The move is seen as savvy by political pundits, as it aims
to silence those who have been critical of the president's
policies regarding outsourcing and amnesty for illegal aliens.

"It makes perfect sense," says economic adviser Mankiw.
"Corporations can operate in Third World countries while maintaining
the consumer goodwill that comes with being an American company.
Workers can keep their jobs. And with Mexico bordering Canada,
we'll lose our illegal alien problem," he enthuses.

"This policy will give Americans the opportunity to be active
participants in the exportation of their jobs and to learn
about other cultures, too."